Principles and limitations of NMR diffusion measurements

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-42

  Hrabe, Jan ^a   Kaur, Gurjinder ^a   Guilfoyle, David N ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

b value; Diffusion time; Random walk; Tortuosity; Volume fraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047116867     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.31148     Document Type: Article

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